José Lopes, PhD,  managing science editor—

José holds a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Porto, Portugal. After postdocs at Weill Connell Medicine and Western University, where he studied the processes driving hypertension and Alzheimer’s disease, he moved on in 2016 to a career in science writing and communication. José is the author of several peer-reviewed papers and a book chapter and has presented his research in numerous international meetings.

Articles by José Lopes

June 1, 2018 News by José Lopes, PhD

SPET-CT Better Than MRI for Imaging Blood Flow Defects in Brains of CEP Patients, Study Finds

A brain imaging technique called SPET/CT effectively detects mild-to-moderate blood flow defects in patients with congenital erythropieetic porphyria (CEP) and may be superior to  magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, a case study reports. The research, “Brain perfusion defects by SPET/CTand neurostat semiquantitative analysis in two patients with congenital…

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